Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

About Vijayashankar Na

Naavi is a veteran Cyber Law specialist in India and is presently working from Bangalore as an Information Assurance Consultant. Pioneered concepts such as ITA 2008 compliance, Naavi is also the founder of Cyber Law College, a virtual Cyber Law Education institution. He now has been focusing on the projects such as Secure Digital India and Cyber Insurance

How the lure of Samsung Galaxy at Rs 1.72 can land you in trouble

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

It is known for some time that fraudsters use unrelated e-mails to drop trojans which may be used for phishing. Here is an example of an e-mail which says “..Own Samsung Galaxy for Rs 1.72..”   The link appears to … Continue reading →

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Bogus Digital Certificates of NIC detected

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

It is reported that Google has detected several bogus SSL certificates issued by NIC and blocked them. Details According to the report the certificates have been later blocked by CCA also. It is surmised that hackers might have gained access … Continue reading →

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New Malicious Code for Android- Selfmite

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

A new virus called Selfmite has been detected on the Android platform. This virus spreads itself by sending SMS to contacts in the infected phone with a link. The text message sent by Selfmite contains the contact’s name and reads: … Continue reading →

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RBI limits Customer’s Loss on Phishing

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

In an excellent but long awaited move, RBI has directed Banks that the liability of customers on “Phishing” loss should be limited to Rs 10000/- See Report The new Banking Service code of ( Banking Codes and Standard Board of India … Continue reading →

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Nokia gives in to Black Mail

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

It has been reported that Nokia had given into a hacker’s black mail and paid a huge sum of ransom to a hacker who threatened disclosure of an encryption key for the Symbian OS. Report: The incident reportedly took place … Continue reading →

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US Supreme Court disallows Business Method Patents

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

In a major and welcome move, the Supreme Court of US has disallowed “Business Method Patents”. Refer Here The decision which holds the subject patent “a method for reducing the risk that the parties to a transaction will not pay … Continue reading →

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